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The first and last king of Haiti : the rise and fall of Henry Christophe / Marlene L. Daut.

Daut, Marlene, (author.).

Summary:
"The essential biography of the controversial rebel, traitor, and only king of Haiti. Henry Christophe (1767 - 1820) is one of the most richly complex figures in the history of the Americas, and was, in his time, popular and famous the world over: in The First and Last King of Haiti, a brilliant young Yale scholar unravels the still controversial enigma that he was"-- Provided by publisher.

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  • ISBN: 9780593316160
  • ISBN: 0593316169
  • Physical Description: xxiv, 630 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2025.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 513-595) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Author's note on terminology -- Prologue: King Henry's drama -- Introduction: On doing justice to Christophe's story -- A future king is born -- A child in a world of slavery and revolution -- Tracing genealogies to the future king -- Rising and falling with revolution -- Complicated victories -- Love, loss, and betrayal under uncertain skies -- America avenged -- Empires rise.... -- Cracks in imperial authority -- Empires fall.... -- The dawn of civil war -- A king is crowned -- Three French spies -- The age of Christophean diplomacy -- The age of Christophean prosperity -- Cracks in kingly authority -- A king is gone, but not forgotten -- Kingdom of the next world -- Epilogue: The greatest heist in history -- Acknowledgments -- Illustration credits -- List of abbreviations
Subject: Henri Christophe, King of Haiti, 1767-1820.
Haiti > Kings and rulers > Biography.
Haiti > Politics and government > 1804-1844.
Genre: Biography.
Biographies.

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  • 1 of 1 copy available at Lehigh Valley Library System.

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